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2017 Lincoln Continental Other or unknown Problems

Complaints
16about this part
Share
21%of 75 total for the year
Median mileage
54,725miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the other or unknown of the 2017 Lincoln Continental, 21% of the 75 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 54,725 miles.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“At 49000 miles the left rear door would not open from the outside for a week. It then worked ok until 50500. We told the dealership and they said it was out of warranty. At 51000 miles now both rear doors will not work from the outside. If I am in a wreck there is no way to get anyone out of the rear of this car. I have purchased a hammer to get people out in an emergency. It seems a car rear door button should last longer than a year or two.”

NHTSA complaint #11183786, filed 2019-03, 50,000 miles

“Takata recall , on april 25, I was traveling to atlanta, ga from virginia to attend a conference and stopped to get gas and my driver's door locked me inside the car. I had to use the latch to release the lock. I have contacted dealership about the issue and I have not received any remedy to this issue. My vehicle will not let me set the cruise control on the highway, the wrench light stays lit and I'm worried about what else maybe wrong. I'm afraid to drive my car that I'm paying payments on. It has been almost 5 months and still no remedy.”

NHTSA complaint #11253095, filed 2019-09, 28,000 miles

“The driver door would not latch closed all of a sudden, had to be secure to drive to dealer through the use of a seat belt through the inside door handle. This occurred at approximately 65,000 miles. This repair was within my extended vehicle warranty.”

NHTSA complaint #11597767, filed 2024-06

“The driver side rear passenger door would not latch closed and had to be secured to drive to dealer through the use of a seat belt through the inside door handle. This occurred at approximately 79,000 miles. This repair was not covered by dealer. This was a latch and motor repair of $1,000, also caused an expense of an additional $550 to me of a rental car as dealer did not get a part for 6 days. Lincoln Concierge could care less, just awful customer relations from Ford/Lincoln.”

NHTSA complaint #11597769, filed 2024-06

“My car has had 1 or all 4 of the outside door latches fail for 3-4 times now over its lifetime. Only under warranty for 10 years or 100k miles. Very expensive repair, at $1500 for 1 latch, or $5500 for all 4. This is almost the value of the whole car now. This happens to ALL Lincoln Continentals and is very infamous & common for them & should be a lifetime recall warranty item for safety. Also, both Catalytic convertor show to be failing within 150k-165k miles which is way too soon. And another very expensive fix.”

NHTSA complaint #11724828, filed 2026-03

Related service bulletins

Other or unknown: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2020229%
2019412%
2018419%
20171621%
2002515%
2001413%
200023%
199912%
199823%
199722%
199624%
199523%
199463%
199332%
199265%
199194%
199032%
198811%

Other parts of the 2017 Lincoln Continental

Body and structure
20 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
15 complaintsElectrical system
14 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
11 complaintsSeats
4 complaintsBrakes
3 complaintsEngine
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
3 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsElectronic stability control
1 complaintsEngine cooling
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2017 Lincoln Continental

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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